The Pythagorean Sourcebook and Library: An Anthology of Ancient Writings Which Relate to Pythagoras and Pythagorean Philosophy

Leedy, Douglas; Guthrie, Kenneth Sylvan

doi:10.2307/941863

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“…(Philolaus, fr. B11 DK, cited by Guthrie and Fideler (1987)) 3The Pythagorean influence on Plato is undeniable (the Platonic character Timaeus is commonly identified as a Pythagorean). Placing Heraclitus in the same lineage is more contentious.…”

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Why the Book of Nature is Written in the Language of Mathematics

Lazarovici

2024

Fundamental Theories of Physics

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The essay traces the following idea from the presocratic philosopher Heraclitus, to the Pythagoreans, to Newton's Principia: Laws of nature are laws of proportion for matter in motion. Proportions are expressed by numbers or, as the essay proposes, even identical to real numbers. It is argued that this view is still relevant to modern physics and helps us understand why physical laws are mathematical.

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